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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 60s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after
midnight.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the mid 50’s.
Wednesday, another round of showers and thunderstorms becoming strong to severe, moving from the west to southeast through the day.
Between 0.10 and 0.25 inches of rain for much of western and central ND.
West central and south central areas with between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain.
Locally higher amounts are possible with thunderstorms.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is warning residents of a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.
Michael Allen Jans resides at 102 4th Avenue, SW, Jamestown, ND
He is a 28 year old white male five feet six inches tall, weighing 180 pounds with hazel eyes, and brown hair.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee on the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition when he was 20 years old involving three 14 year old girls, in 2009.
Conviction Date: May 2010, Burleigh County, ND District Court.
Disposition: 20 years, 10 years suspended, 109 days credit, five years supervised probation.
Offense: Sexual Assault when he was 18 years old concerning intercourse with a 15 year old girl, on approximately four occasions.
Conviction Date: March 2008, Burleigh County, ND, District Court.
Disposition: One year, 335 days, suspended. 30 days credit, two years supervised probation.
Jans is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and probation.
He is on GPS monitoring.
Jans is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.
This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.
Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Michael Allen Jans are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a one vehicle rollover Tuesday about 4:25 a.m., on I-94 five miles east of Jamestown killed a 17 year old male and injured a a 54 year old man.
The report says 54 year old Wilmer Duane Nadeau of Fargo was operating a pickup was eastbound on I-94 when the vehicle entered the median and rolled. The 17-year-old passenger from Belcourt was ejected and died on scene. Nadeau was injured and transported to Jamestown for medical treatment. After Nadeau was released, he was arrested for driving under the influence.
The Dodge pickup was a stolen vehicle from a rural residence in the Spiritwood area.
The Stutsman Co. Sheriff’s Office is assisting the NDHP with the crash investigation and is the lead agency regarding the stolen vehicle.
Update…
Valley City (CSi) Three people from Valley City were seriously injured in a rollover crash involving a pickup truck, Sunday evening about 10:30-p.m., five miles south of Valley City on County road 21.
Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says two occupants were ejected and another was trapped inside.
He says fire and rescue crews extricated one of the occupants.
The driver of the pickup a 17 year old male from Valley City and his passenger a 17 year-old female from Valley City were air lifted to a Fargo hospital. Their condition has not been released.
McClaflin says the second passenger was 18 year-old Brighton Smith of Valley City, who was transported to CHI Mercy Hospital for treatment of his injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Wednesday evening at City Hall.
Commissioners Magnuson, and Powell were not present.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Approved an electrician license for Bentson Electric
PUBLIC COMMENTS No One Spoke
ORDINANCE
City Commissioners approved second and final reading of an Ordinance Amending and Re-Enacting an Ordinance, Title 9, Zoning for the City of Valley City.
The City Commission approved the first reading of an Ordinance to establish a fee required by North Dakota Century Code to benefit local victims of crime.
City Attorney Lilie Schoenack said the Ordinance is in line with Marcy’s Law.
A judge may waive the fee if the individual convicted is indigent.
NEW BUSINESS
Commissioners approved the Permanent Flood Protection Buyout of 247 3rd St SW for 110% of the appraised value, in the amount of $75,570. City Administrator Schelkoph said the action has been implemented in the past with a 75 percent cost share by the State Water Commission, if approved, under Phase four of the buyout program.
The City Commission approved a gaming site authorization for Valley Twisters Gymnastics Club at Woodland Steakhouse Bar & Grill, located at 1241 14th St SW.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
David Schelkoph said a date in September will be set for a public hearing for the Comprehensive and Transportation Plan, at the Valley City Eagles Club.
He said the City is in discussions with FEMA and the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services concerning a lot and flood control issues. He said KLJ will be forthcoming with more information, and the City may ask the North Dakota congressional delegation for assistance. The City Commission will be addressing the issue in the future.
He urges residents to stay in compliance with Ordinances. Letters have been sent to property owners in violation, and the matter is time sensitive.
He added that the Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) has held meetings regarding issues with members such as Valley City.
He said topics including economic development matters, and creating a growth environment.
Other topics are geared to consumers.
He said with mass production of LED lights the costs have decreased, and so the rebates offered by Bright Energy Solutions will be changed.
With cyber security, Schelkoph said MRES will offer training to local officials, and to improve customer service.
CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS
City Auditor Richter said an upcoming bond sales will be on an upcoming Commission agenda, including a Special Assessment District, and a Bank of North Dakota loan.
Fire Chief Retterath reminded resident to still file complaints concerning detonation of fireworks and possible Ordinance violations. He said the city has received grant dollars to be used to purchase airpacks.
KLJ gave a report on city street projects.
Due to installing a new traffic signal, in Valley City the intersection of Main Street and 8th Avenue Southwest will become a 3-way stop controlled by signs, for about a month, starting Wednesday July 19, 2017.
Work on the new traffic signal is estimated to take that long before returning to a traffic signal controlled intersection.
Mayor Carlsrud thanked city employees for their work.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) The Citizens Advisory Committee discussing Jamestown Public Schools (JPS) decided on its official list of priorities to enhance the future of JPS. The list was compiled after several meetings among committee members and the Jamestown community at-large, including a town hall meeting in May. The committee’s priorities are:
- Capital maintenance plan
- Improve heating, ventilation, air conditioning and temperature controls (HVAC)
- Improve safety and security
- Closing Washington Elementary and adding on to Louis L’Amour Elementary
- Update and remodel Transition House
- Relocate high school activities (football and track) to the high school campus
How to best accomplish these priorities will be part of the committee’s ongoing discussion, in which the Jamestown community is encouraged to participate. Later this summer or early fall, the committee expects to make a recommendation to the Jamestown School Board for its consideration.
JPS Superintendent Rob Lech says, “As a committee, we have thoroughly reviewed the facility needs across Jamestown Public Schools, including several conversations with school staff and community members, and believe this list of priorities is the best, most effective way to ensure education in Jamestown remains top-notch long into the future. While we continue to work on finer details among these priorities, we look forward to presenting our plan to the School Board later this year.”
For more information on the Citizens Advisory Committee or to participate in its ongoing efforts, visit its Facebook page, Building Our Future Community Forum.
Valley City (CSi) Due to installing a new traffic signal, in Valley City the intersection of Main Street and 8th Avenue Southwest will become a 3-way stop controlled by signs, for about a month, starting Wednesday July 19, 2017.
Work on the new traffic signal is estimated to take that long before returning to a traffic signal controlled intersection.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Department of Health has confirmed the first human cases of West Nile virus disease for the season.
The two cases reside in LaMoure and Barnes Counties and were not hospitalized for their illnesses.
In 2016, the State Health Department reported that 85 people had West Nile virus. Of those, 28 were hospitalized and two died. West Nile virus was also confirmed in five horses, one squirrel and six birds.
So far this year, three birds from Grand Forks County have tested positive for the virus.
To help avoid contracting the virus, state and local health officials urge people to protect themselves from mosquito bites, and get rid of any stagnant water around their homes.
Symptoms of West Nile include fever, headache, body aches and rash.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota residents may soon have a chance to sign onto a petition to repeal longstanding Sunday business restrictions.
Secretary of State Al Jaeger (JAY’-gur) said Tuesday he is reviewing the ballot initiative to end the state’s so-called blue laws. Once the petition is approved for circulation, it will need signatures from about 13,500 North Dakotans to put it to a statewide vote next year.
Fargo business owner Brandon Mendenwald is heading the effort. He believes repealing the state’s Sunday shopping ban has broad support.
The National Conference of State Legislatures says about a dozen states have some form of Sunday sales laws, but only North Dakota prohibits shopping on Sunday morning.
The Legislature has defeated several measures over the years to end the Sunday morning shopping prohibition.
The report says, 63 year old John Hiebert, of Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada, overcorrected his steering after veering his 2016 Peterbilt truck onto the right shoulder of southbound N.D. Highway 3 near mile marker 112 about 18 miles north of Steele.
His truck, which was pulling a trailer with hay bales, overturned on its right side in the ditch.
Hiebert, who was not wearing a seat belt, was not injured in the crash, the patrol said.
The highway was closed, and traffic was detoured for about one hour until the truck was towed from the ditch.
Kidder County Sheriff’s Office and Wing Ambulance Service also responded to the scene.
The patrol is investigating the crash.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says additional environmental review of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to take the rest of the year.
The federal agency, Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners and energy trade groups also are advocating for keeping the line operating during the study.
The $3.8 billion North Dakota-to-Illinois pipeline that’s opposed by American Indian tribes has been operating since June 1. But U.S. District Judge James Boasberg last month ordered the Corps to do more study on its impact on the Standing Rock Sioux.
He’s taking arguments on whether the pipeline should be shut down in the meantime.
The tribe says a shutdown is warranted. The company says a shutdown would impact oil producers and refiners, workers, customers, consumers and government tax revenue.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota sheriffs are concerned that a slate of new criminal justice reforms will shift costs from the state to counties and put added pressure on local jails.
Lawmakers approved legislation this year to reduce the number of people going to prison. The new laws ask that the state and local correctional facilities prioritize who goes to prison.
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has the authority to hold inmates in county jails if there’s lack of space in a prison.
The North Dakota Association of Counties reports that nine counties are expected to increase jail capacity from 1,765 beds to 2,633 beds this year. An association spokeswoman says the organization plans to track county jails’ numbers and the costs of holding people.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to delay a primary election on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to hear a complaint by a former councilman who wants to run for tribal chairman.
A tribal election commission had declared Archie Fool Bear ineligible for office because he allegedly owes the tribe money. Fool Bear disputes that and asked for a preliminary injunction to halt Wednesday’s primary.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said in a ruling filed Tuesday that federal courts should not infringe on tribal government issues and he could not approve such a “drastic remedy.”
Fool Bear was an outspoken critic of the tribe’s refusal to hold a reservation-wide referendum vote on whether to support the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname. The moniker was retired in 2013.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says it has paid more than $644,000 to counties in which it owns or leases land, $62,000 more than for the previous year.
The payments are in lieu of property taxes. The payments for 2016 ranged from less than $100 in Griggs County to more than $101,000 in McLean County.
Game and Fish manages more than 200,000 acres in 51 counties for wildlife habitat and public hunting. The department doesn’t have any land in Traill or Renville counties.
Bismarck (CSi) The State Game and Fish Department announces, that North Dakota’s pronghorn hunting season is set, with 410 licenses available in five open units.
Applications will be available starting July 20, 2017.
Bruce Stillings, big game management supervisor for the state Game and Fish Department, said the recently completed aerial survey indicated the pronghorn population is down 14 percent from last year. “Numbers were a bit disappointing, but not unexpected due to a combination of a tough winter and extreme drought conditions,” Stillings said.
A total of 30 licenses are available in 2B, 25 in 3A, 80 in 3B, 225 in 4A and 50 in 4C. All licenses are valid for any pronghorn. Units 1A and 2A, which were open to pronghorn hunting in 2016, are closed this year.
“We just don’t have the numbers to support a season in those two units this year,” Stillings said.
On the bright side, Stillings said the fawn-to-doe ratio of .74 to 1 was the highest since 2002. The buck-to-doe ratio of 38 bucks per 100 does remained stable.
“This year’s high fawn production is encouraging for future population growth,” Stillings said. “A moderate winter, with average fawn production next summer, may provide conditions needed for pronghorn population growth to support additional hunting opportunities in 2018.”
Similar to last year, each unit will have a season that is split into an early bow-only portion, and a later gun/bow season.
The bow-only portion of the season is from Sept. 1 (noon) – Sept. 24. Anyone who draws a license can hunt pronghorn with a bow in the unit printed on the license.
From Oct. 6 (noon) – Oct. 22, hunters who still have a valid license can use legal firearms or bow equipment, and again must stay in the assigned unit.
Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply for a 2017 pronghorn license. Hunters who have accumulated bonus points and choose not to apply this year will not lose their points.
In addition, state law allows youth who turn age 12 on or before Dec. 31, 2017 to apply for a license.
Applicants can apply online at the Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov starting Thursday, July 20. Paper applications will be available the week of July 24 for printing off the website, and from license vendors, or by calling 800-406-6409.
The pronghorn license fee is $30 for ages 16 and older, and $10 for under age 16. The deadline for submitting applications is Aug. 2.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump’s declaration that he and the Republican Party won’t take the blame for the health care system’s problems is “small and petty.” The New York Democrat made the remarks to The Associated Press after Senate GOP leaders abandoned their effort to rewrite President Barack Obama’s health care law due to Republican opposition.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s chief of staff has been interviewed by the Senate intelligence committee amid its investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. Denis McDonough declined to discuss the meeting as he left an interview with committee staffers Tuesday, but said he was “happy to come up.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders are pressing ahead with a budget plan whose success is critical to Republican hopes to deliver on one of President Donald Trump’s top priorities -overhauling the tax code. The importance of the measure has been magnified by the failure in the Senate of the Trump-backed effort to repeal the Obama health law. It would require about $200 billion worth of cuts to benefit programs and other so-called mandatory spending.
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. (AP) — An expanded search is underway for a man missing since floodwaters swept through an Arizona canyon, killing nine family members. About 75 searchers are looking for 27-year-old Hector Garnica, missing since Saturday in mountains about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Phoenix.
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida prosecutor has confirmed that a Miami boy died from a fentanyl overdose after visiting a local pool, but authorities don’t know how he came into contact with it. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon that preliminary findings show fentanyl killed 10-year-old Alton Banks.
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